Deuteronomy 13:1
What thing soever I command you, be shomer to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take away or diminish from it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye take anything from it, that ye may be shomer mitzvot of the commandments of Hashem Eloheichem which I command you.
1 Kings 13:18He said unto him, I am a navi also as thou art; and a malach spoke unto me by the Devar Hashem, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine bais, that he may eat lechem and drink mayim. But he lied unto him.
Proverbs 30:6Add thou not unto His devarim, 1 lest He rebuke thee, and thou be found a kazav (liar). 1
Jeremiah 6:13For from the katan of them even unto the gadol of them, 1 every one is given to greediness for unjust gain; 1 and from the navi even unto the kohen, 1 every one doeth sheker (deceit, falsehood). 1
Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the nevi'im said, that prophesy sheker (lies) biShmi (in My Name), saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
Jeremiah 29:8For thus saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Let not your nevi'im and your kesamim that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither pay heed to your chalomot which ye cause to be dreamed.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:1
Moses is still upon that necessary subject concerning the peril of idolatry. In the close of the foregoing chapter he had cautioned them against the peril that might arise from their predecessors the Canaanites. In this chapter he cautions them against the rise of idolatry from among themselves; they must take heed lest any should draw them to idolatry, I. By the pretence of prophecy, ver. 1-5 . II. By the pretence of friendship and relation, ver. 6-11 . III. By the pretence of numbers, ver. 12-18 . But in all… Read the whole commentary →